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Step-by-step lessons for beginners.

ShadowDraw: Learn How to Draw

Drawing App & Art Sketch Book

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With over 1,500 hand-drawn lessons developed by real artists, ShadowDraw is a drawing app for beginners who want to improve their skills and become better artists through daily step-by-step drawing exercises.

What we love: With your Apple Pencil and iPad, you have everything you need to learn how to draw like the pros. The app’s step-by-step instructions require you to make each stroke accurately before you’re allowed to move on, ensuring that you develop a solid foundation of skills.

ShadowDraw guides you through simple exercises for drawing figures, animals, architecture, and more.

Quick tip: Art Teacher Mode selects the color palette and art tools for you. Want more of a challenge? Switch to Sketch My Way, which lets you choose your colors and tools, giving you more freedom to express yourself. Whichever mode you choose, do a lesson every day to learn and progress more quickly.

Meet the creator: CEO and cofounder Marty McDonough says he and his cofounders came up with the idea for ShadowDraw while on vacation. “Shortly after the Apple Pencil had been introduced, we were brainstorming ideas for apps that would make great use of this new magical device,” he says. “We were inspired to develop a guided creative experience that helped beginners improve their drawing skills, just like how Leonardo da Vinci taught his apprentices to copy his style.”